Fall 2003

September 8   (MCBB/CM)    

September 15  (MCBB/CM) 

September 22  (PER)

September 29  (MCBB/CM)   

October 6  (MCBB/CM)  "N-glycosylation as a modulator of diverse cell functions in yeast and mammals"
Speaker :  Maria A. Kukuruzinska (Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine)
Host: Chip Celenza

October 20  (PER)  "Sexually dimorphic forebrain circuits: Development, structure and function"
Speaker:  Eva Polston (Division of Neuroscience, Oregon Health Sciences University)
Host: Mary Erskine

October 27  (MCBB/CM)  "Circadian rhythms:  Molecules, cells and systems"
Speaker: Michael Rosbash (Brandeis University)
Host: Ed Loechler

November 3  (MCBB/CM) 

November 10  (MCBB/CM)  "Effectors of senescent states in human fibroblasts"
Speaker: John Sedivy  (Brown University)
Host: Ulla Hansen

November 17  (PER)
 
November 24  (MCBB/CM)   

December 1  (MCBB/CM)   "New age proteomics: identification, quantification, and characterization"
Speaker: Steven Gygi (Harvard Medical School)
Host: David Waxman

December 8 (MCBB/CM)  "Role of CHF1 in Cardiovascular Development, Heart Failure and Occlusive Vascular Disease"
Speaker: Michael Chin  (Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School)
Host: Frank Naya

January 12 (MCBB/CM)  "Molecular mechanisms for an asymmetric cell division"
Speaker: David Pellman  (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Host:  Chip Celenza

January 26 (PER) "Full genome RNAi screens in Drosophila cells: Applications to cell biology and signal transduction studies"
Speaker:  Norbert Perrimon (Dept. of Genetics, Harvard Medical School)
Host: Kim McCall

February 2  (MCBB/CM) "Prions: one surprise after another"
Speaker:  Susan Lindquist (Director, The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research)
Host:  Utsav Saxena and MCBB/CM graduate students

February 9  (MCBB/CM) "The Molecular Basis of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy"
Speaker: Susan Kandarian  (Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)
Host:  Chip Celenza

February 23  (MCBB/CM)

March 1 (PER)   "A tale of time and sex: The role of the cholinergic basal forebrain in cortical development and cognition across the lifespan"
Speaker:  Joanne Berger-Sweeney (Wellesley College, Department of Biological Sciences)
Host: Mary Erskine

March 15 (MCBB/CM)    "Transvection: When homologues meet"
Speaker :  Ting Wu (Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School)
Host: Chip Celenza

March 22  (MCBB/CM)  "Exploring Expression Signatures of Coronary Artery Disease Progression:  beyond finding Waldo"
Speaker:  Victoria L. M. Herrera  (Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute &Section of Molecular Medicine/Boston University School of  Medicine)
Host: Cassandra Smith

March 29  (MCBB/CM)

April 5  (MCBB/CM)  "Transcriptional programmes in T cells"
Speaker:  Anjana Rao  (Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research)
Host: Ulla Hansen

April 12  (PER)  "Age-related loss of fertility in females- what does the brain have todo with it "
Speaker:  Beverly Rubin  (Tufts University)
Host: Mary Erskine

April 26  (MCBB/CM)  "Regulating Skeletal Muscle Cell Fates in Embryos and Adults"
Speaker: David J. Goldhamer (University of Connecticut)
Host: Frank Naya

May 3  (MCBB/CM) "The regulation and execution of apoptosis in Drosophila"
Speaker:  Kristin White  (CBRC MGH/Harvard Medical School)
Host: Kim McCall

May 10  (MCBB/CM) "Biophysical methods to study the mitotic checkpoint: How cells prevent chromosome loss"
Speaker:  Jagesh Shah  (Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research UC San Diego)
Host: Geof Cooper